Herman's cause of death was water poisoning, according to his grand-daughter Lorraine. However, his death certificate states a heart problem - perhaps caused by the water?

I also heard at his grand-daughter Lorraine Rammer LeMahieu's funeral that Herman, close to his death, stated to his wife something along these lines: "do not let any of our children marry a Catholic." However, about two decades later his infant girl, Cora (Lorraine's mother) fell in love with Leonard Rammer, a Catholic from Wilson Township and, after they married, she converted from Lutheranism to Catholicism to please Leonard. She was one of the charter members of the Catholic church in Sheboygan Falls. She told her children that her faith never really changed at its core.

Pictured to the right are his orphans and his wife at his funeral in 1895 either in Wilson Town or in Sheboygan, where the main Lutheran church is located.